What does it mean to disidentify with a particular life domain or area? When is this more likely to occur?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Disidentification is the process whereby one reduces the relevance of a particular domain to one's self-esteem. One factor that may increase its likelihood is the presence of stereotype threat.

Psychology

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Early maturation in boys

a. is generally beneficial. b. creates less poised and more anxious individuals. c. is associated with boys being less likely to get into trouble with drugs, alcohol, and antisocial behavior. d. leads to less prestige among peers.

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To deduce means

a. to use meaningless abstraction. b. to create something new from multiple sources. c. to infer logically. d. to gather data to reach conclusions.

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Languages all use a

(a) large set of nonarbitrary phonemes, each one sounding like the object it represents (b) small set of arbitrary phonemes (c) small set of arbitrary symbols, each one representing an object in reality (d) small set of morphemes

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